Abstract

The first cut problem from HackerRank.

Cut 1#

Cut 1 | HackerRank

Problem#

Given \(N\) lines of input, print the \(3rd\) character from each line as a new line of output. It is guaranteed that each of the lines of input will have a \(3rd\) character.

Input Format#

A text file containing \(N\) lines of ASCII characters.

Constraints#

  • \(1 \le N \le 100\)

Output Format#

For each line of input, print its character on a new line for a total of

lines of output.

Sample Input#

Hello
World
how are you

Sample Output#

l
r
w

Solution#

cut-1.sh#
#!/usr/bin/env bash

# shellcheck disable=SC2162
while read line_txt; do
    echo "${line_txt}" | cut -c 3
done